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I guess it's a sign of the times that French musician Vince Pujol has had a bit of a hard time getting this EP released in the manner which suited him IE, on proper CD rather than CDr. His determination has payed off, however, with this self-released EP (labelled as such due to the high number of remixes speckled throughout no doubt) which runs to over an hours' duration & features a good few new tracks as well, not least the title track which kicks proceedings off in typically fine form with strong melodics being backed by some meaty rhythms while 'Low Life' & 'Two Thousand Years' should also keep his fans happy. There's also a new demo that should grow into a decent track as well as the first fruits of Vince's new project with one Jerome Caulier, Joint Vision, another strong track that, on the face of it, stays pretty faithful to the established ESR sound (not that there's anything wrong with that, of course & there's plenty of time for it to gain a more distinctive sound) & is hopefully indicative of more good things to come. Pride of place, however, goes to the cover of Public Relation's 'Eighty Eight' which has got 'electro classic' written all over it, thanks to its plethora of infectious & at times, soaring melodics that really hit the spot; in fact, my excitement of the track's excellence is only tempered slightly by the fact that it's not an ESR original but, despite this, it's a superb track that deserves hearing. The remixes, mostly of tracks from his last album Post Industrial are, on the whole, a pretty decent bunch, too, as, for the most part, the strong melodic content of the originals is retained with the 'Dead Or Alive' mix of 'Cyberthief' (no, it doesn't mean Pete Burns did it!) & Psyclonicold's robust reworking of 'Low Life' proving particularly worthwhile. So, a good value for money offering then & it's limited to just 100 copies, too, so you won't want to dawdle!!
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